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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CFDA No: 84.266

 

Training in Early Childhood Education and Violence Counseling

AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 
(FY) 1994.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    Note to Applicants: This notice is a complete application package. 
Together with the statute authorizing the program and the Education 
Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), the notice 
contains all of the information, application forms, and instructions 
needed to apply for a grant under this competition.
    Purpose of Program: To enable institutions of higher education to 
establish innovative programs to recruit and train students for careers 
in: (1) Early childhood development and care or preschool programs; or 
(2) providing counseling to young children from birth to six years of 
age who have been affected by violence and to adults who work with such 
young children.
    Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 27, 1994.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 25, 1994.
    Available Funds: $9,040,000.
    Range of Awards: Minimum $500,000; maximum $1,000,000 for each year 
of the project. Applicants must request awards within this range.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $750,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 12.

    Note: This Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Project Period: 3-5 years.
    Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Part 74 (Administration of 
Grants to Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Nonprofit 
Organizations), Part 75 (Direct Grant Programs), Part 77 (Definitions 
that Apply to Department Regulations), Part 79 (Intergovernmental 
Review of Department of Education Programs and Activities), Part 82 
(New Restrictions on Lobbying), Part 85 (Governmentwide Debarment and 
Suspension (Nonprocurement) and Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-
Free Workplace (Grants)), and Part 86 (Drug-Free Schools and Campuses).
    Description of Program: Section 596 of the Higher Education 
Amendments of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-325) authorizes grants to institutions 
of higher education (IHEs) to enable them to establish innovative 
programs to recruit and train students for careers in one or both of 
the following:
    (1) Early childhood development and care or preschool programs; or
    (2) Providing counseling to young children from birth to six years 
of age who have been affected by violence and to adults who work with 
these children.
    Applications: A grant may be made only to an IHE that submits an 
application to the Secretary. The application must--
    (1) Describe the activities and services for which assistance is 
sought;
    (2) Contain a comprehensive plan for the recruitment, retention, 
and training of students for careers in early childhood development or 
violence counseling;
    (3) Demonstrate that the institution has the capacity to implement 
the plan; and
    (4) Provide assurances that the plan was developed in consultation 
with agencies and organizations that will assist the institutions in 
carrying out the plan.
    The comprehensive plan must include a description of--
    (1) Specific strategies for reaching students at secondary schools, 
community colleges, undergraduate institutions, or other agencies and 
institutions from which students are to be drawn for participation in 
the program, including any partnerships with the institutions;
    (2) Specific strategies for retaining students in the program such 
as summer sessions, internships, mentoring, or other activities;
    (3) Methods that will be used to ensure that students trained 
pursuant to the plan will find employment in early childhood education, 
development and care, or violence counseling;
    (4) The goals, objectives, and timelines to be used in assessing 
the success of the plan and the activities assisted under the grant 
award;
    (5) The curriculum and training leading to the degree or credential 
that prepares students for the careers described in the plan;
    (6) The special plan, if any, to ensure that students trained 
pursuant to the plan will be prepared for serving in economically 
disadvantaged areas; and
    (7) Sources of financial aid to ensure that the training program is 
available to all qualified students.

Priorities

    The priorities in the notice of final priorities for this program, 
as published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, apply to 
this competition.

Selection Criteria

    (a)(1) The Secretary uses the following selection criteria to 
evaluate applications for grants under this competition.
    (2) The maximum score for all of these criterion is 100 points.
    (3) The maximum score for each criterion is indicated in 
parentheses.
    The regulations in 34 CFR 75.210 (a) and (c) provide that the 
Secretary may award up to 100 points for the selection criteria 
including distribution of an additional 15 points among the criteria in 
34 CFR 75.210(b). For this competition the Secretary distributes the 
additional 15 points as follows: 5 points to selection criterion 34 CFR 
75.210(b)(2) (Extent of need for the project) for a possible total of 
25 points; 5 points to selection criterion 34 CFR 75.210(b)(3) (Plan of 
operation) for a possible total of 20 points); and 5 points to 
selection criterion 34 CFR 75.210(b)(6) (Evaluation) for a possible 
total of 10 points).
    (b) The criteria.--(1) Meeting the purposes of the authorizing 
statute. (30 points) The Secretary reviews each application to 
determine how well the project will meet the purpose of section 596 of 
the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, including consideration of--
    (i) The objectives of the project; and
    (ii) How the objectives of the project further the purposes of the 
authorizing statute.
    (2) Extent of need for the project. (25 points) The Secretary 
reviews each application to determine the extent to which the project 
meets specific needs recognized in the authorizing statute, including 
consideration of--
    (i) The needs addressed by the project;
    (ii) How the applicant identified those needs;
    (iii) How those needs will be met by the project; and
    (iv) The benefits to be gained by meeting those needs.
    (3) Plan of operation. (20 points) The Secretary reviews each 
application to determine the quality of the plan of operation for the 
project, including--
    (i) The quality of the design of the project;
    (ii) The extent to which the plan of management is effective and 
ensures proper and efficient administration of the project;
    (iii) How well the objectives of the project relate to the purpose 
of the program;
    (iv) The quality of the applicant's plan to use its resources and 
personnel to achieve each objective;
    (v) How the applicant will ensure that project participants who are 
otherwise eligible to participate are selected without regard to race, 
color, national origin, gender, age, or handicapping condition; and
    (vi) For grants under a program that requires the applicant to 
provide an opportunity for participation of students enrolled in 
private schools, the quality of the applicant's plan to provide that 
opportunity.
    (4) Quality of key personnel. (7 points) (i) The Secretary reviews 
each application to determine the quality of key personnel the 
applicant plans to use on the project, including--
    (A) The qualifications of the project director (if one is to be 
used);
    (B) The qualifications of each of the other key personnel to be 
used in the project;
    (C) The time that each person referred to in paragraphs (b)(4)(i) 
(A) and (B) will commit to the project; and
    (D) How the applicant, as part of its nondiscriminatory employment 
practices, will ensure that its personnel are selected for employment 
without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, or 
handicapping condition.
    (ii) To determine personnel qualifications under paragraphs 
(b)(4)(i) (A) and (B), the Secretary considers--
    (A) Experience and training in fields related to the objectives of 
the project; and
    (B) Any other qualifications that pertain to the quality of the 
project.
    (5) Budget and cost effectiveness. (5 points) The Secretary reviews 
each application to determine the extent to which--
    (i) The budget is adequate to support the project; and
    (ii) Costs are reasonable in relation to the objectives of the 
project.
    (6) Evaluation plan. (10 points) The Secretary reviews each 
application to determine the quality of the evaluation plan for the 
project, including the extent to which the applicant's methods of 
evaluation--
    (i) Are appropriate to the project; and
    (ii) To the extent possible, are objective and produce data that 
are quantifiable.
    (Cross-reference: See 34 CFR 75.590 Evaluation by the grantee.)
    (7) Adequacy of resources. (3 points) The Secretary reviews each 
application to determine the adequacy of the resources that the 
applicant plans to devote to the project, including facilities, 
equipment, and supplies.

Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs

    This program is subject to the requirements of Executive Order 
12372 (Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs) and the 
regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
    The objective of the Executive order is to foster an 
intergovernmental partnership and to strengthen federalism by relying 
on State and local processes for State and local government 
coordination and review of proposed Federal financial assistance.
    Applicants must contact the appropriate State Single Point of 
Contact to find out about, and to comply with, the State's process 
under Executive Order 12372. Applicants proposing to perform activities 
in more than one State should immediately Contact the Single Point of 
Contact for each of those States and follow the procedure established 
in each State under the Executive order. If you want to know the name 
and address of any State Single Point of Contact, see the list 
published in the Federal Register on May 3, 1994 (59 FR 22904-22905).
    In States that have not established a process or chosen a program 
for review, State, areawide, regional, and local entities may submit 
comments directly to the Department.
    Any State Process Recommendation and other comments submitted by a 
State Single Point of Contact and any comments from State, areawide, 
regional, and local entities must be mailed or hand-delivered by the 
date indicated in the notice to the following address: The Secretary, 
E.O. 12372, U.S. Department of Education, Room 4161, 400 Maryland 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-0125.
    Proof of mailing will be determined on the same basis as for 
applications (see 34 CFR 75.102). Recommendations or comments may be 
hand-delivered until 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the date 
indicated in this notice.
    Please Note That the Above Address Is Not the Same Address as the 
One to Which the Applicant Submits Its Completed Application. Do Not 
Send Applications to the Above Address. Instructions for Transmittal of 
Applications:
    (a) If an applicant wants to apply for a grant, the applicant 
shall--
    (1) Mail the original and two copies of the application on or 
before the deadline date to:

U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: 
(CFDA #84.266), Washington, DC 20202-4725
    or
    (2) Hand deliver the original and two copies of the application by 
4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the deadline date to:

U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: 
(CFDA # 84.266), Room #3633, Regional Office Building #3, 7th and D 
Streets, SW., Washington, DC.
    (b) An applicant must show one of the following as proof of 
mailing:
    (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
    (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the 
U.S. Postal Service.
    (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial 
carrier.
    (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary.
    (c) If an application is mailed through the U.S. Postal Service, 
the Secretary does not accept either of the following as proof of 
mailing:
    (1) A private metered postmark.
    (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
    Notes: (1) The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a 
dated postmark. Before relying on this method, an applicant should 
check with its local post office.
    (2) The Application Control Center will mail a Grant Application 
Receipt Acknowledgment to each applicant. If an applicant fails to 
receive the notification of application receipt within 15 days from the 
date of mailing the application, the applicant should call the U.S. 
Department of Education Application Control Center at (202) 708-9494.
    (3) The applicant must indicate on the envelope and--if not 
provided by the Department--in Item 10 of the Application for Federal 
Assistance (Standard Form 424) the CFDA number--and suffix letter, if 
any--of the competition under which the application is being submitted.

Application Instructions and Forms

    The appendix to this application is divided into three parts plus a 
statement regarding estimated public reporting burden and various 
assurances and certifications. These parts and additional materials are 
organized in the same manner that the submitted application should be 
organized. The parts and additional materials are as follows:
    Part I--Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424 (Rev. 
4-88)) and instructions.

PART II--BUDGET INFORMATION--NON-CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS (STANDARD 
FORM 424A) AND INSTRUCTIONS

PART III--Application Narrative

Additional Materials

    Estimated Public Reporting Burden.
    Assurances--Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B).
    Certifications regarding Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension, and Other 
Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (ED 80-
0013).
    Certification regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and 
Voluntary Exclusion: Lower Tier Covered Transactions (ED 80-0014, 9/90) 
and instructions. (NOTE: ED 80-0014 is intended for the use of grantees 
and should not be transmitted to the Department.)
    Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Standard Form LLL) (if 
applicable) and instructions; and Disclosure of Lobbying Activities 
Continuation Sheet (Standard Form LLL-A).
    An applicant may submit information on a photostatic copy of the 
application and budget forms, the assurances, and the certifications. 
However, the application form, the assurances, and the certifications 
must each have an original signature. No grant may be awarded unless a 
completed application form has been received.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Alexander, Compensatory 
Education Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 4400, Portals 
Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-6132. Telephone: (202) 260-0994. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
    Information about the Department's funding opportunities, including 
copies of application notices for discretionary grant competitions, can 
be viewed on the Department's electronic bulletin board (ED Board), 
telephone (202) 260-9950; or on the Internet Gopher Server at 
GOPHER.ED.GOV (under Announcements, Bulletins, and Press Releases). 
However, the official application notice for a discretionary grant 
competition is the notice published in the Federal Register.

    Program Authority: Public Law 102-325, Higher Education 
Amendments of 1992, section 596.

    Dated: June 7, 1994.
Thomas W. Payzant,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
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Instructions for Completion of SF-LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying 
Activities

    This disclosure form shall be completed by the reporting entity, 
whether subawardee or prime Federal recipient, at the initiation or 
receipt of a covered Federal action, or a material change to a 
previous filing, pursuant to title 31 U.S.C. section 1352. The 
filing of a form is required for each payment or agreement to make 
payment to any lobbying entity for influencing or attempting to 
influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of 
Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a 
Member of Congress in connection with a covered Federal action. Use 
the SF-LLL-A Continuation Sheet for additional information if the 
space on the form is inadequate. Complete all items that apply for 
both the initial filing and material change report. Refer to the 
implementing guidance published by the Office of Management and 
Budget for additional information.
    1. Identify the type of covered Federal action for which 
lobbying activity is and/or has been secured to influence the 
outcome of a covered Federal action.
    2. Identify the status of the covered Federal action.
    3. Identify the appropriate classification of this report. If 
this is a followup report caused by a material change to the 
information previously reported, enter the year and quarter in which 
the change occurred. Enter the date of the last previously submitted 
report by this reporting entity for this covered Federal action.
    4. Enter the full name, address, city, state and zip code of the 
reporting entity. Include Congressional District, if known. Check 
the appropriate classification of the reporting entity that 
designates if it is, or expects to be, a prime or subaward 
recipient. Identify the tier of the subawardee, e.g., the first 
subawardee of the prime is the 1st tier. Subawards include but are 
not limited to subcontracts, subgrants and contract awards under 
grants.
    5. If the organization filing the report in item 4 checks 
``Subawardee'', then enter the full name, address, city, state and 
zip code of the prime Federal recipient. Include Congressional 
District, if known.
    6. Enter the name of the Federal agency making the award or loan 
commitment. Include at least one organizational level below agency 
name, if known. For example, Department of Transportation, United 
States Coast Guard.
    7. Enter the Federal program name or description for the covered 
Federal action (item 1). If known, enter the full Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for grants, cooperative 
agreements, loans, and loan commitments.
    8. Enter the most appropriate Federal identifying number 
available for the Federal action identified in item 1 (e.g., Request 
for Proposal (RFP) number; Invitation for Bid (IFB) number; grant 
announcement number, the contract, grant, or loan award number; the 
application/proposal control number assigned by the Federal agency). 
Include prefixes, e.g., ``RFP-DE-90-001.''
    9. For a covered Federal action where there has been an award or 
loan commitment by the Federal agency, enter the Federal amount of 
the award/loan commitment for the prime entity identified in item 4 
or 5.
    10. (a) Enter the full name, address, city, state and zip code 
of the lobbying entity engaged by the reporting entity identified in 
item 4 to influence the covered Federal action.
    (b) Enter the full names of the individual(s) performing 
services, and include full address if different from 10 (a). Enter 
Last Name, First Name, and Middle Initial (MI).
    11. Enter the amount of compensation paid or reasonably expected 
to be paid by the reporting entity (item 4) to the lobbying entity 
(item 10). Indicate whether the payment has been made (actual) or 
will be made (planned). Check all boxes that apply. If this is a 
material change report, enter the cumulative amount of payment made 
or planned to be made.
    12. Check the appropriate box(es). Check all boxes that apply. 
If payment is made through an in-kind contribution, specify the 
nature and value of the in-kind payment.
    13. Check the appropriate box(es). Check all boxes that apply. 
If other, specify nature.
    14. Provide a specific and detailed description of the services 
that the lobbyist has performed, or will be expected to perform, and 
the date(s) of any services rendered. Include all preparatory and 
related activity, not just time spent in actual contact with Federal 
officials. Identify the Federal official(s) or employee(s) contacted 
or the officer(s), employee(s), or Member(s) of Congress that were 
contacted.
    15. Check whether or not a SF-LLL-A Continuation Sheet(s) is 
attached.
    16. The certifying official shall sign and date the form, print 
his/her name, title, and telephone number.
    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 30 minutes per response, including time for 
reviewing instructions, search existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden 
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0046), 
Washington, DC 20503.
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Important Notice to Prospective Participants in USDE Contract and Grant 
Programs

Grants

    Applicants for grants from the U.S. Department of Education 
(USDE) have to compete for limited funds.
    Deadlines assure all applicants that they will be treated fairly 
and equally, without last minute haste.
    For these reasons, USDE must set strict deadlines for grant 
applications. Prospective applicants can avoid disappointment if 
they understand that--

Failure to meet a deadline will mean that an applicant will be 
rejected without any consideration whatever.

    The rules, including the deadline, for applying for each grant 
are published, individually, in the Federal Register. A one-year 
subscription to the Register may be obtained by sending $340.000 to: 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
Washington, DC 20202-9371. (Send check or money order only, no cash 
or stamps.)
    The instructions in the Federal Register must be followed 
exactly. Do not accept any other advice you may receive. No USDE 
employee is authorized to extend any deadline published in the 
Register.
    Questions regarding submission of applications may be addressed 
to:

U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, 
Washington, DC 20202-4725

Contracts

    Competitive procurement actions undertaken by the USDE are 
governed by the Federal Procurement Regulations and implementing ED 
Procurement Regulations.
    Generally, prospective competitive procurement actions are 
synopsized in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD). Prospective 
offerors are therein advised of the nature of the procurement and 
where to apply for copies of the Request for Proposals (RFP).
    Offerors are advised to be guided solely by the contents of the 
CBD synopsis and the instructions contained in the RFP. Questions 
regarding the submission of offers should be addressed to the 
Contracting Specialist identified on the face page of the RFP.
    Offers are judged in competition with others, and failure to 
conform with any substantive requirements of the RFP will result in 
rejection of the offer without any consideration whatever.
    Do not accept any advice you receive that is contrary to 
instructions contained in either the CBD synopsis or the RFP. No 
USDE employee is authorized to consider a proposal which is non-
responsive to the RFP.
    A subscription to the CBD is available for $208.00 per year via 
second class mailing or $261.00 per year via first class mailing. 
Information included in the Federal Acquisition Regulations is 
contained in Title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1 
($49.00). The forgoing publication may be obtained by sending your 
check or money order only, no cash or stamps, to:

Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
Washington, DC 20402-9371.
    In an effort to be certain this important information is widely 
disseminated, this notice is being included in all USDE mail to the 
public. You may, therefore, receive more than one notice. If you do, 
we apologize for any annoyance it may cause you.
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